# Continuously accessing the hard drives. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915 "2017-01-22T22:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@carlord](https://forums.plex.tv/u/carlord)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/1 "2017-01-22T22:03:08Z")
After the latest PLEX Server update the PLEX Server continuously accesses the hard drives (confirmed by SysInternals) when the system is idle. The PLEX Server is set to only do maintenance at 5am every 3 days. Anyone with an idea or fix or same issue please reply. I have to shut down the PLEX Server until this issue is resolved to protect the drive from failure due to the pounding. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/2 "2017-01-22T22:09:17Z")
What’s your Library update interval set to? Do have anything writing directly into your media directories (like a bit torrent) and **Update my library automatically** enabled? If you do, every time any application modifies a monitored media directory or file in any way, PMS will detect it. ---
**Author:** ![carlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@carlord](https://forums.plex.tv/u/carlord)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/3 "2017-01-23T02:50:58Z")
I have checked the settings and the only time libraries should update is between 3AM and 5AM everything is unchecked (off). Unless something can override the library and maintenance settings in setup. ---
**Author:** ![carlord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@carlord](https://forums.plex.tv/u/carlord)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/4 "2017-01-23T02:57:19Z")
There is a camera feeding a file in one library continuously. But nothing should be looking at that file based on the settings in the library or maintenance areas. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/5 "2017-01-23T04:26:54Z")
We will need your log files (Settings - Server - Help - Download Logs), which you can attach here, to see what’s triggering the activity ---
**Author:** ![dmacken1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@dmacken1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dmacken1)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/6 "2018-02-10T16:25:06Z")
Came home 2/9/18 and found my external hard drive was constantly running. I’m very new to Plex and wonder if there is a reason for this. Hard drive running and my Raspberry Pi was pretty warm/hot. I would thing it would sit idle when not being accessed. I am attaching a log file here for review. ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/7 "2018-02-13T19:44:55Z")
> @dmacken1 said: > Came home 2/9/18 and found my external hard drive was constantly running. I’m very new to Plex and wonder if there is a reason for this. Hard drive running and my Raspberry Pi was pretty warm/hot. I would thing it would sit idle when not being accessed. I am attaching a log file here for review. There is a 10 hour gap in your logs, so whatever it was doing may not have been due to Plex. > Feb 10, 2018 05:50:53.064 [0x6a97e400] DEBUG - HTTP requesting GET [http://127.0.0.1:40091/:/plugins/com.plexapp.system/resourceHashes](http://127.0.0.1:40091/:/plugins/com.plexapp.system/resourceHashes) > Feb 10, 2018 15:23:13.340 [0x6a17e400] DEBUG - Auth: Refreshing tokens inside the token-based authentication filter. These times are GMT. ---
**Author:** ![skottles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@skottles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/skottles)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/8 "2018-02-14T05:09:28Z")
The drives on my PR2100 seem to continually be accessed when the plex server is running. When I stop the server, the disk access stops. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Logs attached. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/9 "2018-02-14T06:53:00Z")
> @skottles said: > The drives on my PR2100 seem to continually be accessed when the plex server is running. When I stop the server, the disk access stops. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Logs attached. That’s how PMS has always worked. Drives to not spin down. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/10 "2018-02-14T07:11:48Z")
While I know squat about linux I think It could also be your naming. Much of your content is not organized correctly. PLEX will always try to match items that are otherwise not matched. An example of your naming from your logs. `Adding file for scanner: /shares/Public/Shared Videos/TV Shows/Ugly Betty/Ugly Betty - S02E01.m4v` I also noticed DLNA running. `Feb 13, 2018 21:02:20.151 [0x7f9a27d44800] DEBUG - Waiting for Plex DLNA Server to exit.` Another thing I see in your logs are a crap ton of these `Feb 13, 2018 21:02:50.577 [0x7fa2ecf7d700] DEBUG - Thread: Running async task started by thread 0x7fa2eee23700.` which may be some DVR thing. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/11 "2018-02-14T07:17:15Z")
> @ChuckPA said: > > - That’s how PMS has always worked. Drives to not spin down. That’s interesting. My drives would spin/power down without any _issues_ Minus the 1 minute load time starting a movie from day to day… I have since enable always ON to overcome the minute delay… ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/12 "2018-02-14T07:19:05Z")
@NewPlaza If you have a short spin down delay, it is possible but highly unlikely. Synology’s default was, at least for the longest time, to spin down after 30 minutes. PMS can write 5MB in 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/13 "2018-02-14T07:30:04Z")
Mine were set to 2 hours actually… But again I never had any issues per se. PLEX would not kick on my drives often enough to alarm me. SEP on the other hand… What a pain-in-the-ass… ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/14 "2018-02-14T07:39:04Z")
`#PlexHatRemoved` I know… NAS-rated drives are better left running than constantly cycled because all drives have a limited load-cycle count. I fail to understand power micro-management when running a server which is ‘on’ 24/7/365 and ‘ready to go’. Also how often does a light bulb burn out if left on continuously? `` `#PlexHatOn` It is how they’ve developed it. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/15 "2018-02-14T07:42:12Z")
> @ChuckPA said: > > - Also how often does a light bulb burn out if left on continuously? Ain’t that the truth, lol They are always rated as continuous hours. They never compensate for on/off cycles. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/16 "2018-02-14T07:46:30Z")
Nor do they account for the thermal cycles which are just as hard, if not harder, on the drives (and the root cause of light bulb failure) . ---
**Author:** ![NJsound.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/njsound.com/32/25610_2.png) [@NJsound.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NJsound.com)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/17 "2018-04-08T10:27:26Z")
Same here and my PMS and Samsung TV really don’t work well actually just got this a month or so ago and been trying to make it work. I turned off many items yet still drive is running at 100% all the time and the Plex player on multiple devices stalls all the time. ---
**Author:** ![NJsound.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/njsound.com/32/25610_2.png) [@NJsound.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NJsound.com)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/18 "2018-04-08T10:28:27Z")
My EPG is constantly refreshing even though I have disabled all the features to have it refresh. A bug fix needs to be released to address this issue ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/19 "2018-04-08T17:24:24Z")
> @“[NJsound.com](http://NJsound.com)” said: > My EPG is constantly refreshing even though I have disabled all the features to have it refresh. A bug fix needs to be released to address this issue ASAP. May I suggest you join the EPG thread(s) for the EPG issue? ---
**Author:** ![NJsound.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/njsound.com/32/25610_2.png) [@NJsound.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NJsound.com)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915/20 "2018-04-08T23:39:12Z")
I turned off all the extra items and the hard drive is now not pegging at 100% but now my recording calendar has an error. EPG continually states 100% as a message too. [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/continuously-accessing-the-hard-drives/176915.md?page=2)